Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.466, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 466 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.466:

যবনের নযনে দেখিযা প্রেম-ধার ব্রাহ্মণে ও আপনাকে করেন ধিক্কার ॥ ৪৬৬ ॥

यवनेर नयने देखिया प्रेम-धार ब्राह्मणे ओ आपनाके करेन धिक्कार ॥ ४६६ ॥

yavanera nayane dekhiyā prema-dhāra brāhmaṇe o āpanāke karena dhikkāra || 466 ||

yavanera nayane dekhiya prema-dhara brahmane o apanake karena dhikkara (466)

English translation:

(466) When the brāhmaṇas saw the Yavanas’ tears of ecstatic love, they condemned themselves.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The brāhmaṇas are exalted, and the Yavanas are degraded, being devoid of all saṃskāras, or purificatory processes.

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